Sorry, I meant to also illustrate the solution thus.
<http://www.chucknorcutt.com/gear/Umbrella%20adapter%20mounted%20on%20tripod%20%232.jpg>
<http://www.chucknorcutt.com/gear/Homemade%20bracket%20&%20various%20hotshoe%20adapters.jpg>
This homemade bracket was actually meant to accommodate four T-32's.
Two more on the bottom of the cross bar installed upside down and
inserted into the optical slaves pictured above the bar.
In use, the T-20 adapter on the right allows triggering the whole system
via an OM with TTL cord. Alternatively, a PC cord can be connected to
the shoe on the left. The two T-32's on top serve to trigger each other
via being joined by a short TTL cord between their TTL sockets. If
installed, the two on the bottom are triggered by the slave units they
would be installed in.
I've since decided that four T-32's was a bit of overkill (400 watt
seconds) but I regularly use two of them as a portable unit for outdoor
fill flash. Works well for large groups as it will this Memorial Day
for a large family group. The T-32's are a good fit for this adaptation
since they are both powerful and compact.
Chuck Norcutt
With no TTL control the only thing that's of any value is a PC cord so
you can get to the center contact to trigger the flash. I don't think
the E-500 has a PC connection on the camera so you need three specific
parts.
1) A hot shoe --> PC connector
This is one of the better ones. Don't worry that it says Nikon
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=37086&is=REG&addedTroughType=search>
2) A PC --> hot shoe connector, one with a tripod thread in the bottom.
I use the following auction as an illustration. You can probably buy
the same piece at the local Ritz for 1/2 of this price (with shipping)
<http://cgi.ebay.com/New-All-Purpose-Hot-Shoe-Metal-Flash-Acessories_W0QQitemZ7622603047QQcategoryZ64354QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting>
3) A tripod or light stand to support the flash. Preferably with a
tiltable umbrella adapter so you can use an umbrella diffuser
I haven't illustrated it since I can't find the one I was looking for.
The Bogen is good but there's another brand that's a little cheaper and
also had a built-in hot shoe on the top.
Ah! Here it is but the shoe mount it not a hot shoe so you still need 2)
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=298709&is=REG&addedTroughType=search>
3) A PC cable with proper male and or female connectors to fit 1) & 2)
Depending on what you use above you could need a, say, 15 foot PC cable
with male and female connectors or both male or both female. For what
I've illustrated I think you'd need a male/male cable
OR
use some sort of slave triggering instead of the cable. You could use
an optical slave such as this in place of item 2) above (also available
inexpensively at Ritz ) if you want to trigger the T-32 by using your
on-camera flash.
<http://cgi.ebay.com/Optical-Slave-Flash-Trigger-with-Sync-Socket-NEW_W0QQitemZ7621656618QQcategoryZ30086QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem>
OR you could use a radio slave where the transmitter replaces 1) above
and the receiver plugs into 2) above using a short PC cord.
There are lots of them available (some cheaper) but for your purposes I
would recommend this one since the receiver has a female PC sync socket
on the back side. Most of them do not. Most designed for use with
studio flash unit which have 1/4" or 1/8" plug sockets. You can adapt
to a PC connection from that point but it's a small pain. This PC
socket on this one allows making a connection with 2) above with a short
length of male/male PC cord.
<http://cgi.ebay.com/16-Channel-Wireless-Digital-Radio-Slave-Flash-Trigger_W0QQitemZ7622127783QQcategoryZ30086QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting>
ALI wrote:
> I think I might have mentioned this before but I am quite impressed
> with my T-32
> on the E-500. The photo's are bright.
>
> Which cables are compatible with the T-32 and E500 so that I can use the flash
> off the hot-shoe? I assume the original Olympus TTL cables will NOT work with
> the E-500? Also can I mount the flash on the Olympus bounce grip (either the
> new digital specific BG or the old PBG2).
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Ali
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